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Mammoth footprints dated to 43,000 years ago, which were uncovered by researchers in 2017 in an ancient dry lake bed in Lake County, Oregon. CreditȘ Greg Shine/Bureau of Land Management. Sometimes footprints can reveal a richer story about the ancient past than bones ever will. In an Ohio basin famous for its fossils, paleontologists have […]

African Matabele ants dress the wounds of comrades injured during hunting raids and nurse them back to health, according to an “astonishing” discovery reported Wednesday. After collecting their wounded from the battlefield and carrying them back home, nestmates become medics, massing around patients for “intense licking” of open wounds, according to a study in the […]

If you’re flat out of ideas for this year’s Valentine Day, you can never really go wrong with jewellery. Here are just a few of the most interesting accessories I found. Spell out your love and happiness with chemistry What is love? It’s an age-old question with likely no satisfying answer. What seems certain is […]

New research from Caltech could bring an economically-viable solar fuel to the market in the next few years. Image credits Zero Emission Resource Organisation / Flickr. One of the holy grails of renewable energy researchers which they have been pursuing for decades, is the brewing of economically-viable solar fuel. It sounds like something you drill […]

SpaceX’s jumbo rocket has successfully blasted off on its first test flight from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The 23-story tall Falcon Heavy is on an endless trip past Mars. Billionaire executive Elon Musk had stated before the launch that just avoiding the whole thing blowing up on the launchpad would be counted […]

WASHINGTON: No lives were on the line. It wasn’t lofting a billion dollar spy satellite. But the SpaceX Falcon Heavy test launch demonstrated today that the world’s largest rocket system worked largely as planned. And, as one observer noted, the entire system was built for commercial reasons alone; no government agency crafted a requirement saying […]

What’s love if not biology in action? This Valentine’s, say “you flood my brain with feel-good chemicals” to that one special other with these biology-themed gifts. Cards, cards, cards! All’s fair in love and war – especially the downright adorable, handmade cards from Tiny Bee Cards. Profess your love with the significant otter, let your […]

If your significant other is an engineer, these Valentine gifts won’t fail to impress. Here are some gifts that will keep the wheels of love turning, at least until next year. I love you Morse code bracelet Buy on Amazon Nothing says I love you more than dot dot dot dash dot dot… Love is […]

Scientists predict that in the future robots will interact with us more and more in daily life. A new research project underway in Italy is developing behavioural models that can be applied to humanoid robots and make them our partners in the workplace. The AnDy Project’s field of application ranges from customer service, to healthcare, […]

Imagine putting on a pair of glasses and immediately being able to record 360-degree video, hands free, regardless of what you are doing. It will soon be possible with glasses made by Orbi. “We’re making the first 360-degree video recording eyewear,” said Adil Suranchin, chief of operations at Orbi, a company headquartered in Berkeley, California, […]

A team of astrophysicists has discovered the first planet population outside the Milky Way. Image of the gravitational lens RX J1131-1231 galaxy with the lens galaxy at the center and four lensed background quasars. It is estimated that there are trillions of planets in the center elliptical galaxy in this image. Image credits: University of […]

A pair of CubeSats will probe a little-studied portion of the radiant energy emitted by the Arctic environment for clues to why the region is warming faster than the rest of Earth. This composite satellite image shows the expanse of Arctic sea ice (center) and the Greenland Ice Sheet (lower right). Credit: NASA › Larger […]